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ndl@home
Personal blog · endl.chprogramming
ndl@home is a personal blog at endl.ch about programming. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Cxx2rust: the pains of wrapping C++ in Rust on the example of Qt5 ”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a post on using C++ libraries such as Qt from Rust, with runnable code. The comments only cite it as background and thank the poster for the link.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Not as ultimate as 42, but pretty close ...
Most-linked posts?
- Cxx2rust: the pains of wrapping C++ in Rust on the example of Qt5 3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-24
What Hacker News says?
http://endl.ch/content/cxx2rust-pains-wrapping-c-rust-exampl... is discussion on using C++ libraries from Rust that focuses on QT as a motivating example with runnable code at the time.
Comment linking /content/cxx2rust-pains-wrapping-c-rust-example-qt5
on “Conrod – A Rust GUI Library”Submitted Cxx2rust: the pains of wrapping C++ in Rust on the example of Qt5 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThank you for the link, but I can reasonably expect that Qt bindings for Nim either exist or will become available soon, as most languages that get any traction get them. I still don't know, however, if it's a good choice to try and put a GUI app together in Nim. Will it surprise me with a huge binary, like Rust does? [1] Will it be easy to develop in it on multiple platforms? I can find all those things myself, but…
Comment linking /content/cxx2rust-pains-wrapping-c-rust-example-qt5
on “Nim Advocacy and Promotion Strategies”